Craig Luschenat - Draymond Green

Craig Luschenat: 

Draymond for his career shoots 32% from three and 33% from 16 feet to the three-point line. After calibrating all his miss fundamentals together against the rest of the NBA I can conclude that he is between a 32%-34% three-point shooter. 

Draymond doesn’t do one or two things that are very poor, but he does a lot of little things that really affect his shot. To begin he has a big dip in his shot, which is fine to a point, but there are times that this dip becomes a hunch. This is when it becomes a problem because he isn’t able to release the ball high, which in turn creates no lift on his shot (See Video Breakdown). Next, he is very inconsistent when receiving the ball; he does two things that really affect his shot, which are pausing or weak/not stepping into his shot. This again creates a couple problems, which are he never has a consistent delivery and he cant create lift on his shot.

On the positive side, Draymond has a solid shot delivery and has proven he can be a good shooter when he has good fundamentals. I believe if he fixes his errors he can shoot mid to high 30’s from three, like he did in 2015.

Breakdown:  Per 100 Missed Shots:

1.     Leaning/Fading Back: Totalà 25% of the time he missed.

2.     Dropped Hands: Totalà 31% of the time he missed.

3.     Good Misses: Totalà 14% of the time he missed.

4.     Feet off Balance: Total à 7% of the time he missed.

5.     Missed Short: Totalà 36% of misses.

6.     Weak/No-Step into Shot: Totalà 34% of misses.

7.     Pause Before Shot: Totalà 16% of misses.

Video Breakdown: Craig Luschenat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfuqox37ry0

Craig Luschenat - Klay Thompson

Klay shoots a career 42% from three-point range and 44% from 16 feet to the three-point line. After calibrating all his miss fundamentals together against the rest of the NBA I can conclude that he is between a 41%-43% three-point shooter. 

Klay, like all elite shooters, has great form, fundamentals, and release point. Klay rarely makes a mistake on an open shot; he’s on balance, sticks his landing, and holds his hands high. When Klay misses its typically because he’s takes very tough shot. He is in the elite percentile for every fundamental expect fade/lean; he has a 32% fade/lean percentage per 100 missed shots, while the elite shooters average is 25%. An example of when he typically leans is when he’s coming off a screen, which he does to create space; this helps him in a lot of situations, but it also can hurt him in others.

Klay is very much like Stephen Curry, in that, as long as he is compact on his shot I am fine. What I mean by compact is his feet under him and no part of his body flailing. As long as he is compact I don’t mind him taking any shot, regardless of him fading back or leaning to a side.

Breakdown:  Per 100 Missed Shots: Craig Luschenat

1.     Leaning/Fading Back: Totalà 32% of the time he missed.

2.     Dropped Hands: Totalà 18% of the time he missed.

3.     Good Misses: Totalà 40% of the time he missed.

4.     Feet off Balance: Total à 10% of the time he missed.

5.     Missed Short: Totalà 24% of misses.

Video Breakdown: Craig Luschenat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GJBm9StK84

Craig Luschenat - Giannis Antetokounmpo

Giannis for his career shoots 28% from three and 35% from sixteen feet to the three-point line. After calibrating all his miss fundamentals together against the rest of the NBA I can conclude that he is really between a 30%-32% three- point shooter. 

Giannis has one big problem that is affecting his shot delivery, which in turn is affecting his shooting percentages. That problem is the fade/lean in his shot, which throws off his balance and inhibits the lift he gets. He is very similar to Marcus Smart where neither of them make other mistakes at a high rate, but because they fade/lean so often they aren’t able to be efficient shooters. Giannis is young enough where this problem can be minimized; eliminating it from his shot shouldn’t be the focus, just minimizing it. 

In terms of the good things he does, Giannis is really good with his feet. His feet are off balance 5% of his misses per one hundred missed shots, while elite shooters are on average at 12% or less. Also, he does a pretty good job with his hands. Even though he is outside the elite percentile, it isn’t by much.  Finally, his form and release point are both good; he releases very high and a fluid shot. If he minimizes his fade/lean I believe he could shoot 35% from three.

Breakdown:  Per 100 Missed Shots: Craig Luschenat

1.     Dropped Hands: Totalà 30% of the time he missed.

2.     Leaning/Fading Back: Totalà 61% of the time he missed.

3.     Feet off Balance: Totalà 5% of the time he missed.

4.     Good Misses: Totalà 21% of the time he missed.

5.     Missed Short: Totalà 41% of the time he missed.

Video Breakdown: Craig Luschenat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tck_mSSEhw

Craig Luschenat - Stephen Curry

Stephen for his career has shot 44% from three and 46% from 16 feet to the three-point line. After calibrating all his miss fundamentals together against the rest of the NBA I can conclude that he is between a 42%-44% three-point shooter. His miss fundamental totals were most comparable to Kyle Korver.

Stephen has excellent form, fundamentals, and release point on his shot. He is well into the elite percentile for every fundamental except dropped hands. Curry on a relatively open shots almost never makes a mistake; he holds his hands, is on balance, and sticks his landing. However, he takes a lot of tough shots and rightly so, but this is usually when he makes mistakes in his delivery. Also, Curry only really makes one mistake that affects his shot and that’s dropping his hands. Most players have multiple mistakes that affect his shot, but elite shooters like Curry don’t make multiple mistakes often.

With Curry all I care about his is body being compact on his shot. What I mean by compact is his feet under him and no part of his body flailing. If you take a picture of Curry when he is shooting a good ball everything is compact, regardless if he is fading back, leaning to a side, or shooting an open shot.

Breakdown:  Per 100 Missed Shots: Craig Luschenat

1.     Dropped Hands: Totalà 29% of the time he missed.

2.     Feet Off Balance: Totalà 12% of the time he missed.

3.     Leaning/Fading Back: Totalà 15% of the time he missed.

4.     Good Misses: Totalà 44% of the time he missed.

5.     Missed Short: Totalà 11% of the time he missed.

Video Breakdown: Craig Luschenat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0Q5OtBUMCQ

Craig Luschenat - Victor Oladipo

Victor for his career has shot 35% from three and 41% from sixteen feet to the three-point line. After calibrating all his miss fundamentals together against the rest of the NBA I can conclude that he is between a 36%-38% three-point shooter. His miss fundamental totals were most comparable to Devin Booker, however they were slightly worse.

Victor has a really good shot delivery and a solid release point, which are two big positives for any player. Also, he does a good job staying vertical on his shot, which is why his miss short percentage is low. If Victor fixes the two mistakes he commits at a reasonably high rate I believe he could shoot low 40’s from three-point range.

Victor has two fundamental areas he needs to address, which are dropping his hands and hoping into his shot. Elite shooters on average drop their hands 24% or less per 100 missed shots. Victor has a 29% drop hands rate, which isn’t terrible, but it isn’t great. Also, Victor has a habit of hoping into 28% of his misses, which is 22% over the elite shooters average. Elite shooters hop on average 6% or less. Players who hop into their shot have a career three-point percentage of 36%. There is only one player who hops into their shot and has a career three-point percentage over 40%, and only two over 38%.

Craig Luschenat 

Breakdown:  Per 100 Missed Shots:

1.     Dropped Hands: Totalà 29% of the time he missed.

2.     Leaning/Fading Back: Totalà 16% of the time he missed.

3.     Feet off Balance: Totalà 12% of the time he missed.

4.     Good Misses: Totalà 29% of the time he missed.

5.     Missed Short: Totalà 25% of the time he missed.

6.     Hop into Shot: Totalà 28% of the time he missed.

Video Breakdown: Craig Luschenat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edDweZJngI4